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TO ALL WHOM IT'MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DARrOUs A. MATHEWS, of Geneva,`Ontario county, State of New York, have invented an Improved Carriage-Perch Connection; and Ido hereby declare the following'description and kaccompanying drawings are suicient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which itV most nearly'appertains to make and use my said invention or improvements without further invention or experiment.

The nature ofnly invention and improvement consists in providing a device for connecting the perch to the axle 'and rocker or head-block of a carriage, such that, by means of a T-piece, having a fork or socket t`o receive thel end of the perch, a single brace, and a `brace combined with two iat horizontal arms, and a vertical arm or clip-bar, and provided with nuts and screws, the perch may be rrnl'y secured to the axle or rocker, and

the axle, stock, or bed-pieceand spring', and the rocker or head-block and front spring iirmly secured together,l -without weakening either by mortising or boring. AIn describing my invention I refer totheaccompa'nying drawings, formingA part of. this specificationl t v. i i

' Figure 1 being a plan or top view of my improved connection, with a portion of the perch, to which itis attached, and the middle part of the axle, stock, and spring embraced by it; and

Figure 2,' a side elevation of' the same parts cutthrough the'red line :v x.

The strong metallic T-shaped piece, A, has a screw and nut on the end of each of its arms at F and H, and a fork` or socket in the main stem to receive the end ot' the wooden perch C. The top brace, B, extends across the'spring,v and has the iiat horizontal arms, I I, resting on the spring S, and providedwith the ears or projections G G, extending'over the edge ofthe spring and downward, so .as to hold the same in place. This brace, B, has also a vertical arm or clip-bar, K, extending down on the'rear rside of the spring', stock, and axle, opposite the head of the T, and passing through the bottom brace E, is securedthereto by a nut and screw at L. The-braceE is also securedto the 'lower arm 4of' the T, which passes through it, by the4 nut and screw at I I. Both the braces, B and E, are fastened to the soclct, and the perch C secured' inthe s'ame'by the screw-bolt N passingthrough them all; and a rivetpasses through the arms of thcsocket and the perch at O. The stemfof the T-piece A joins the arms by curves, as shown in fig. 2, and short arms of the same solid metal projectenV `either side, as seen vat D I), fig.`1, for the saine purpose, that is, to insure greater rmness and strength.

The same device maybe used ,for connecting the fore end of the perch to the head-block and securing the spring to the same; Ybut then we mayomit that parte? the brace, E, from the slot IzI to the perch, or we may 'omit the whole-brace, and thelower arm of the T may be triade to lextend across beneathithc spring, and the bar K pass through it.l I Y* -Bythe single device here described, the axle P., theistock 1t, and the spring S are-firmly held and secured --.together, and the end of the'perch well secured to the same without-weakening the stock by a mortise for the perch, or by-bolt-holes through it or through the axle or spring.

What I claim 'as my invention andimprovement in reach or perch-connectionsV to axles and rockersof carriages`, is t y A v The T-piece A, provided with screws and nuts, as described, and a fork or socket for the wooden perch C; and, in combination with the T-picce above claimed, I claim the brace B; provided with an arm,`K, andiscrew and nut, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth. t y

I also claim combining with the brace B the arms I I and ears or lugs G Gr, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth; and, in combination with the T-piece A and brace B, I claim the brace E, perforated for the bolt and screws, as described.

DARIOUS A. MATHEWS.

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